yes =) given the choice between an AMD Athlon XP-M and Centrino, i would take the centrino just cause of the proven track record. It really seems like the ferrari is controverisial because of its styling, not so much of the specs, which beat out the Velocty Micro base one. However, that notemagix is very very very cool.. and a lot cheaper than the alienare equivalent (heh it would be funny poor man's alienware) but the 2300 i was talking about was in CAD. so with the tweaking it comes out to 2300 USD which is like 2500 CAD + SH + TAX. sigh -__-".. i have some miffs about dell too.. but it seems the main issues with the ferrari is the heat and customer service component.
still.. cant beat a ferrari =)
argh! voodoo is a canadian company and its still way expensive.. blah!! =D
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The Acer Ferrari is very cool. Check out Velocity Micro. Basically, they make systems that look identical to Alienware's (Alienware might even contract their systems out to them), but a lot cheaper. Check out the Notemagix b50
I configured it identically to yours, except with a 1.7 ghz Centrino processor, and a Radeon 9600 64mb. It came out to around 2300. With that extra 300 you could upgrade to a 7200 rpm 60 gig hd, more RAM, etc. also, check out CNET. Check out the Notemagix's review Ferrari Review One really great thing about the B50 is it has a 5 hr battery life.
I was looking ahead for a laptop that Im going to get for college in a few months. Ive narrowed it down to a Dell Inspiron 8600 (Im iffy on this one) the Acer Ferrari, and the Velocity Micro Notemagix-B50. I took a look at Alienware and Voodoo. Theyre certainly really cool, but WAY expensive.
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